Orbost & District Historical Society
petticoat, Cowell, Alice, 1914
... petticoat costume female-underwear handcrafts dress-making...-underwear handcrafts dress-making A white machine-made petticoat ...
Handmade by Alice Cowell as an entry for the annual Bombala (southern New South Wales) Show.This item is an example of a handcrafted item and reflects the needlework skills of women in the first half of the 20th century.A white machine-made petticoat with hand embroidery and pink ribbon threaded around middle. It has broderie anglaise along scalloped edge and comes with a blue certificate for First prize at the Bombala Annual Show.petticoat costume female-underwear handcrafts dress-making